Curtain-fixture



` `PErwHas MILES, E HARTFoEnooNNEoTIoUE f oUETArN-FIXTUEE.

Specification of Letters atent No. 12,866,`dated`May15, 1855. d

Be it known thatI, PERCHES MILES, of the city ofHartford, inthe county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain `new and usefulflmprovements inHanging lindow-Curtains\;` and I do hereby declare thefollo-lwing tobe a full, clear, and d eXact description ofthe same, reference be- `ing had to the accompanying drawings,

making a part thereof, in `which-- Figure l represents "a front view of a window frame,lwith acurtain hung inf it, and

" Fig. 2 represents lapvertical transverse sec-` tion through the frame and tassel, showing` the manner of rigginglthe cords, and conf trolling them. n, v i 1 Similarletters like parts.

in thetwo figures denote The nature lof `my inventions consists in the manner ofgfcnnecting and controlling t the cords and tassel,".and the curtain roller,

by a cam for catchwithinl thetassel, as will `be described. 'J

. `To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my inventionf` will proceed to de-` scribe thesamewithreferenceto the draw- Wings.

between which"acordoll iswoundand v A, represents"thefvwindow frame, and 13,;

1 d "the `curtain arranged on `a roller @whose journals are supported at b, in `any `of the usual welllniownways. l

0 c are flanges onone end ofthe roller, un# wound as the curtain falls or rises. i C, is a tassel thelcore `of which is-hollow, and in a slot in the" side of said tassel` and p coreis pivoted a cam lever e, whose end f,

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to the roller a, andby `its other end to the Projects fr `1f1011gl12 from` the v`tassel, to be readilypressed bythe thumb. V 1

t The cord al, is attached by `oneofits ends cam levere, as seen "in" Fig. 2,` said end rst passing through the` hollow tassel C, and out. at the slot` in whichfthe cam lever "e ishung. `Another cord g, has its `upper end fastened at h, and then passing entirely throughthe hollow` tassel,has its lower end `fastened at i.

i i `The point e of the cam lever, withinthe tasi sel presseszagainstthis cord g, and clamps tain through fthe`:`cord` al, at any` point at` it there, thusholding the tassel and the curwhich it maybe desirableto place it.

In the dra'wngFig. 1, the curtain is represented as` being partially rolledup. To let it down the tassel is taken in the right t hand,with the thumb `pressing on the lever vat f, and then by taking the tassel D, which `is attached to the curtain, in the other hand it may be drawn down to any desirable "point-the other tassel C, at the same time running up on `the cord g, by the winding up of the cord al, on the curtain roller. Now

remove both hands, and the weight of the curtain through the cord CZ, draws the cam lever against the cord g, and holds everythingfirm at `that point. To wind up` the curtain, the lever is `again pressed down, and with thesame hand the tassels may be drawn down which unwinds the cord d, and

in so doingzlwinds up or rolls up the curtain.

Whenever the hand 'is released from the Itassel, the tendencyof the curtain to drop,

draws the cam lever against the cord g, and

holds the tassel taut,and the curtain also.

The curtain B, may be made to run down of itself by weighting its lower end, either by the strip' which passes through its lower end," ori-by weighting the tassel D, and if found necessary a small spring may be put under the cam lever to throw it up more sudsary, asgthe weight of the curtain itself will rhold it in position.` The tassels are orna- `mental, and the lever is so entirely concealed in the one C, as notto be seen, while the `whole arrangement is simple and effective;

"denly when the thumb is removed from it.

But this latter will yscarcely be found neces- The tasselas `it is termed, may have its core y i of woodor metal, and may be ornamented in any other way than by fringe, so long as it retains the cam lever, and is rigged to the roller by the cords as described, the objectV being by a contrivance simple, and effective to operate and hold the curtain at any desiredvpoint, by the means substantially as set forth.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention what I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

`The combination of the cords d, g, with the tassel, C, and cam lever, the whole being arranged and operating in the manner set forth, for the purpose of making a simple,

neat, and effective curtain fixture as described.

o PERCHES MILES. Witnesses:

R. D. HUBBARD,

NELSON MowRY. 

